CTAHR hosts first-ever bee/pollinator expo

UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ Honeybee Project will host the Honeybee/Pollinator Expo 2010 on Friday, November 5, at the East-West Center’s Keoni Auditorium. International and local bee researchers will present their most recent findings during scheduled talks throughout the day.

The event is free and open to the public. Teachers and UH Mānoa students are especially encouraged to attend.

In addition to lectures, demonstration booths will be open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Honey producers from various islands will provide free honey samples from their respective apiaries. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., students from the Slow Food International-Kapi‘olani Community College chapter will provide food samples using local honey.

Experts in the respective fields will make the following presentations: